[stettybet0]

Hi, I'm trying to make a regedit (.reg) file for Windows XP. I need to find out how to use the current directory. Here's what I have. It doesn't work and the registry entry never appears.

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce]
"Install2"="%CD%\Install2.bat"

The Install2.bat is part of the installation procedure of a program I made. It needs to be run after Install.bat reboots the computer. It is located in C:\Program Files\XTA\. However, when other people download this program, they may save it in a different directory, so I need to find current directory. But even when I try:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce]
"Install2"="C:\Program Files\XTA\Install2.bat"

it doesn't work. The registry entry never appears.

When I try:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce]
"Install2"="Install2.bat"

the registry entry appears, but it doesn't work, for obvious reasons.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
stettybet0

EDIT: I need the registry to know the current directory from which Install.bat was launched (and therefore Install2.bat is located). I'm not sure if something like %CD% would even work because the computer has been restarted.

Edited by stettybet0, 06 April 2007 - 05:34 PM.

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Alright, I got something which kind of works, but my edit above was right... %CD% either isn't a valid command for regedit, or %CD% isn't set to the correct directory... Help?

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce]
"Install2"="%CD%\\Install2.bat"

Just needed to put another \ it turns out.

EDIT: The following works:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce]
"Install2"="C:\\Program Files\\XTA\\Install2.bat"

As I mentioned before, if another person downloaded my program into a different directory... then this would not work. If only I could make it remember the directory in which the person downloaded the files to... I would be set. I'm so close!

Edited by stettybet0, 06 April 2007 - 05:48 PM.

[stettybet0]

Alright, I got something which kind of works, but my edit above was right... %CD% either isn't a valid command for regedit, or %CD% isn't set to the correct directory... Help?

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce]
"Install2"="%CD%\\Install2.bat"

Just needed to put another \ it turns out.

EDIT: The following works:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce]
"Install2"="C:\\Program Files\\XTA\\Install2.bat"

As I mentioned before, if another person downloaded my program into a different directory... then this would not work. If only I could make it remember the directory in which the person downloaded the files to... I would be set. I'm so close!

Edited by stettybet0, 06 April 2007 - 05:48 PM.

[stettybet0]

I figured it out by myself.

[Vaillant]

The simplest way to refer to the same directory is to use the .

to specify current directory, you simply have to put

.\file.bat

I'm guessing thats what you found... if not, then this is the prefferred way of doing so.

[stettybet0]

That didn't work due to the system restarting and automatically being in C:\Documents and Settings\Owner... I did a lot of things, the exact script is long and on another computer, but I just made the batch copy all files to C:\Program Files\XTA from where ever they downloaded them to. Then install2.bat ran in that folder no matter what.

[Vaillant]

Ah, that's a pretty good way of doing it. Nice.

[stettybet0]

Thanks... the exact code (minus echoing as it is not important for the function of the files) for install.bat and install2.bat for anyone who needs it: (obviously filenames need to be modified... also the CHANGE.COM file is required)

rem Install.bat
@echo off
mkdir "C:\Program Files\XTA"
copy .\Setup.exe "C:\Program Files\XTA\"
echo REGEDIT4>>.\Install2.reg
echo.>>.\Install2.reg
echo [HKEY_CURRENT_USER+Software+Microsoft+Windows+CurrentVersion+RunOnce]>>.\Install2.reg
echo "Install2"="%CD%\Install2.bat">>.\Install2.reg
change .\Install2.reg "\" "\\"
change .\Install2.reg "+" "\"
regedit /s .\Install2.reg
del .\Install2.reg
shutdown -r -t 0
exit

rem Install2.bat
@echo off
cd C:\Program Files\XTA
start "Setup" "%CD%\Setup.exe"
exit

Edited by stettybet0, 07 April 2007 - 08:01 PM.